MoveOn.org mobilizes its 3.5 million members to stop the Bush Administration's attempt to define contraception as abortion. RH Reality Check is cited as source.

Original at RH Reality Check.

From Plan B to proposed regulations redefining contraception as abortion, the Bush War on Contraception and Science is being waged until the bitter end.

This post is the latest in a series looking at the recent HHS proposal.

Originally posted on RH Reality Check.  Written by Susan Wood.  [Susan F. Wood, PhD, is Research Professor at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services where her work focuses on the use of scientific knowledge in public policy. She served as Assistant Commissioner for Women's Health and Director of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Office of Women's Health (OWH) from November 2000 through August 2005. She resigned on principle over the continued delay of approval of emergency contraception over-the-counter by FDA.]

Maybe President Bush is smarter than he appears. After all, it takes an aspect of cunning to introduce a proposal that would require federally funded medical institutions to hire health care providers who don't believe in abortion or birth control, and present it as an "anti-discrimination rule." I imagine even Houdini could not achieve such an act of illusion.

Amid all the excitement and speculation surrounding today’s primaries, one important piece of political news has been largely overlooked — the president’s 2009 budget that was released yesterday, and what it means for sexual and reproductive health.

The Supreme Court’s recent decision to uphold a controversial abortion ban that has no health exception for the mother has apparently emboldened anti-choice activists to press on and attempt to strike while the iron is hot.  According to Women’s Enews, in the two weeks since the historical SCOTUS decision to limit women’s rights, state lawmakers have pushed through anti-choice legislation in no less than 6 states with more poised to jump into the fray.